Rari (in
mapudungun
Mapuche (, Mapuche & Spanish: , or Mapudungun; from ' 'land' and ' 'speak, speech') is an Araucanian language related to Huilliche spoken in south-central Chile and west-central Argentina by the Mapuche people (from ''mapu'' 'land' and ''che ...
, a type of bush or shrub) is a village in the
Chilean municipality (
comuna) of
Colbún,
Linares Province
Linares ( es, Provincia de Linares) is one of four provinces of the central Chilean region of Maule (VII). The provincial capital and most populous center is the city of Linares.
Administration
As a province, Cachapoal is a second-level adminis ...
,
Maule Region
The Maule Region ( es, Región del Maule, ) is one of Chile's 16 first order administrative divisions. Its capital is Talca. The region derives its name from the Maule River which, running westward from the Andes, bisects the region and spans a ...
located in the
Andean foothills of this province.
Rari is close to the well-known
hot springs
A hot spring, hydrothermal spring, or geothermal spring is a spring produced by the emergence of geothermally heated groundwater onto the surface of the Earth. The groundwater is heated either by shallow bodies of magma (molten rock) or by circ ...
of
Panimávida
Panimávida (in Mapudungun: "hill of pumas") is a town in the Chilean commune of Colbún, Linares Province, Maule Region. Panimávida is well known in Chile for being one of the oldest hot springs and resort spa
A destination spa or heal ...
and
Quinamávida and lies 20 km to the northeast of
Linares, the provincial capital. Unique handmade
arts and
crafts are among the important activities in the area. These crafts are made of "crin" (
horse hair
Horsehair is the long hair growing on the manes and tails of horses. It is used for various purposes, including upholstery, brushes, the bows of musical instruments, a hard-wearing fabric called haircloth, and for horsehair plaster, a wallcov ...
) by a group of skilled
artisans - overwhelmingly female - specialized in this
trade. Some of them have been working on it for more than seventy years.
Together, Rari and the surrounding villages (Paso Rari, San Francisco de Rari), have a population of about 1,300. The geographic coordinates of the place are: latitude: 35° 46' 0S, longitude: 71° 25' 0W, altitude: 246 mt.
External links
Blog de Rari
Google aerial view of Rari
{{Coord, 35, 46, S, 71, 25, W, region:CL_type:city, display=title
Populated places in Linares Province